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Introduction Update on the Perkins Eastman Science & Technology Design Practice I want to share with you some exciting new developments in our Science & Technology practice at Perkins Eastman. As you know, Perkins Eastman is a national leader in the design of facilities for Academic Medical Centers. In the last two years, we have grown our Science and Technology practice to over thirty people by combining the excellent skills of a core existing group of architects like Jay Epstein and Evan Weremeychik along with adding a group of talented architects I have worked with in the past including Jamie Butterfield and Steve Fishwick. Our growing team combines excellent planning, design, technical and delivery skills while creating innovative new approaches to lab design. We focus on the design of basic and translational research facilities and have deep experience in specialty support spaces such as vivaria, ABSL3 facilities, genomic core labs, cell biology, high-end imaging facilities and other shared support functions in medical school research facilities. We have completed significant lab facilities for many Academic Medical Centers and have recently been commissioned for many exciting new science and technology facilities that require innovative planning and design. As an international design firm, we are committed to designing buildings worthy of the highest aspirations of our clients. We are also committed to delivering best-quality documents and construction administration services to ensure that design excellence is achieved within the important perimeters of our clients’ budget, schedule, functional needs and operational requirements. We have prepared this booklet to provide some background information on our team, our relevant work, our process as well as some of our thoughts about designing flexible and sustainable facilities. Please feel free to contact us to discuss how our team can collaborate with you in planning for the future. Best regards,
Steven Gifford, AIA Principal and Board Director Principal-in-Charge, Science & Technology Planning Principal
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Contacts: Steven Gifford, AIA Christine Albright, AIA, LEED AP Principal & Board Director Principal S.Gifford@perkinseastman.com C.Albright@perkinseastman.com 212.353.7630 212.353.7638 Jay Epstein, AIA David Levo Principal Associate Principal J.Epstein@perkinseastman.com D.Levo@perkinseastman.com 212.353.7389 212.353.7302 Evan Weremeychik, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Principal E.Weremeychik@perkinseastman.com 212.353.7209
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Table of Contents Cover Letter
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Firm Profile
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Science & Technology Team
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Planning for the Future: Understanding Innovations in Modern Laboratory Design - Open & Adaptable Laboratories - Collaboration and Translational Research - Improved Results Through Team-Based Research - Interdisciplinary Teams Combined with Benefits of Co-located Groups - Proportional Program Space Distribution - Social Evolution and Generational Interactions - Transparency & Visibility - Energy & Process Efficiency - STEM/STEAM Design
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Firm Profile Perkins Eastman is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm with more than 750 employees and 13 offices around the world. The firm was founded in 1981 and is now one of the largest and most respected design organizations in the world. Perkins Eastman and our network of affiliates have been developed and structured in response to 10 core beliefs about our clients’ needs and our role in helping them achieve their objectives: 1. The built environment impacts the quality of life and the ability of our clients to achieve their mission. 2. A building’s relationship to its site and context as well as the design of its interior are as important as its architectural exterior. 3. Design excellence is an essential factor in a project’s success. 4. We are most effective when our services begin prior to physical planning, as many important decisions are made during planning, feasibility analysis, and programming prior to the start of design. 5. To be effective advisers and designers, we must understand the key parameters of our client’s mission and operations. 6. Deep knowledge of a building type enables us to focus on innovation and each project’s unique issues. 7. A broad practice is important because there are many areas of convergence where expertise and concepts from one project type can be successfully applied to other building types and mixed-use developments. 8. Our interrelated expertise in planning, urban design, and multiple building types supports innovative placemaking. 9. We must continue to facilitate delivering worldwide expertise locally to our clients. 10. Environmental stewardship is one of our basic responsibilities. These 10 core beliefs are the primary motivation behind our decision to build a national and international, multi-office architectural, interior design, and planning firm. We have structured our capabilities so that we often serve as a strategic adviser to our clients long before we become their architects. In all of our work, we aspire for design excellence where we achieve more than baseline successes in function, operations, environmental stewardship, cost, and schedule. We have developed deep expertise in over a dozen major project types that has been combined with a broad array of other planning and design services that our clients need to accomplish a successful project. Our practice is focused in the following areas:
Science and Technology Education Planning and Urban Design Office, Retail, and Mixed-Use Development Corporate Interiors Housing Hotels and Resorts Senior Living Healthcare Public and Cultural Because of the large scale of many of our projects, we are often asked to apply several of our core areas of expertise on a single project. Our design recognition, expertise, and geographic diversity have enabled us to work on fascinating assignments around the world.
TKTS Booth, New York
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Hebrew SeniorLife NewBridge, Dedham, MA
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Science and Technology: Client List Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York Hospital
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York State Psychiatric Hospital
Broome Community College
New York University School of Medicine
Carnegie Mellon University
Ningbo MT&E Research Institute
Carpenter Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME)
City of Yonkers
Repsol S.A.
City University of New York
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Columbia University Consumers Union National Testing Center
Rockefeller University
Cornell University
Stanford Hospital Research Laboratories
Danbury Hospital Research Institute
University of Arkansas
St. John’s University
State of Kuwait: Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
Duke University Health System Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School**
Stony Brook University
Dutchess Community College ExxonMobil Research Engineering** Gen-Probe Laboratories
SUNY Downstate Medical Center SUNY School of Optometry
Danbury Hospital Research Institute
Touro University
George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology
UCEPI Advanced Technologies Institute
Guilford Technical Community College
University Innovation Park Calgary University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hospital for Special Surgery
University of Arkansas
Intergen International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
University o f Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
MASCO: Longwood Medical Center (LMA)
University of Connecticut
Mayo Clinic
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Weill-Cornell Medical College
New York Blood Center *
Westchester County Medical Center
New York City College of Technology
Winthrop University Hospital
* Project by EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman **Project by team members prior to joining Perkins Eastman
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
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Science and Technology: Leadership
Steven Gifford, AIA Principal Programming, master planning, planning and design: Science research & education Biotechnology Pharmaceutical science Ambulatory & acute care Continuing care & fitness facilities
Jay Epstein, AIA Principal More than 30 years of experience in design and construction: Research laboratories Healthcare facilities Office buildings Corporate headquarter facilities
Evan Weremeychik, AIA, LEED AP Principal Career focused on healthcare architecture and laboratory facilities: Designer Project architect Project manager
James Butterfield, AIA Principal Almost 20 years experience in architectural design on regional and international projects: Science Education Healthcare
Christine Albright, AIA, LEED AP Principal More than 30 years of professional experience in planning, design & construction of educational facilities for public & private institutions: Programming Conceptual design
David Levo, AICP Associate Principal Extensive experience with private and public sector institutions, consulting to align facilities with mission delivery and improved organization performance: Education Science
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Science and Technology: Leadership
Aaron Schwarz, FAIA Principal and Executive Director Leads Perkins Eastman’s higher education practice and has lead campus assignments for many colleges and universities globally: New buildings Renovations Master planning
Matthew Cotton, AIA Principal 30 years of experience in client management, planning, design, and team coordination: Academic medicine Healthcare Higher education
Steven Fishwick Associate Principal More than 25 years of experience in design, planning and project management world-wide. Extensive experience in: Research Academic Healthcare
Rohit Saxena, AIA, LEED AP Principal Extensive international experience in design and delivery solutions with expertise in sustainability, engineering, and phased construction: Science research Higher education Teaching buildings
Maria Petrakaki, AIA, LEED AP Senior Associate Architect and designer with over 20 years of experience with a broad range of experience institutional and privatesector work.
Mark D. Searls, AIA Associate Principal Over 20 years experience as a design leader: Science research & education Biotechnology Pharmaceutical science Ambulatory & acute care Continuing care & fitness facilities
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Science and Technology: Team
Matt Bell, FAIA Principal Practicing architect and professor of architecture for over 20 years, with domestic and international experience: Campus Master Planning for mulitdiscplary science buildings Design & implementation of new towns, campuses and cities Research Science Parks
Ron Vitale, AIA, LEED AP Principal Extensive building design experience in Asia and the Middle East: Healthcare/Research Higher Education Commercial/Mixed-Use Frequent guest speaker at EARCOS, AAIE, and CEPFI
Rick Drake, AIA Principal Provides leadership to the firm’s university, science, healthcare, and federal sectors with an international perspective: Includes use of BREEAM European Union’s advanced sustainability standards PFI and P3 delivery models
Steven Fishwick Associate Principal More than 25 years of experience in design, planning and project management world-wide. Extensive experience in: Research Academic Healthcare
Amra Kulenovic, AIA, LEED AP Associate 17 years of experience in the design of university and laboratory facilities: New York City College of Technology New York Psychiatric Institute Rutgers University
Jennifer Romeo Associate Focuses on the planning, programming and design of complex institutional projects across a range of educational and science clients. Rutgers University: Biomedical & Health Sciences Building Rutgers University Nursing and Science Building
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Science and Technology: Team
Mindy No, AIA, NCARB Senior Associate Over 20 years of experience as an architect, senior designer and project manager: Higher education Science research
Siu Tam, LEED AP Associate Focused his interest primarily in the healthcare and life sciences. His projects vary in scale from a 3,000 sf laboratory renovation to work on a 67,000 sf medical center addition. Strives continuously to include sustainable elements and practices in his designs.
Diane Goldsmith Senior Associate Senior Interior Designer with extensive experience in space planning, construction drawing documentation, selecting and specifying finishes and furniture for science and healthcare projects.
Chris Youssef, NCIDQ, LEED AP Associate Leader in sustainable design practices and a pioneer in wellness and health with diverse project experience in institutional and commercial design and construction. Avid proponent of green design, with numerous published articles on sustainability and frequent speaker and panelist at conferences.
Ceyda Gokgur Background in planning, programming and design of buildings & environments for academic and corporate clients: Columbia University University of Massachusetts Medical School* Temple University Research Building*
Leo Patterson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Career focused on higher education, healthcare architecture and laboratory facilities: MIT Building W1* Harvard Medical School Laboratory & Administrative Space* Dana-Farber Cancer Institute*
Science and Technology: Additional Team Members Charles Williams Principal
David Larson Associate
Kien Hua Associate
Alex Rivillas, LEED AP Associate
Paul John Green Associate
Burt Goncalves Associate
Christopher J. Boyce Associate
Roy Rogers Senior Associate
Stewart Frederick Gohringer
* denotes work completed by team members prior to joining Perkins Eastman
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Typical Team Organization and Approach For each project, we propose a team organization that has been tailored to address the array of challenges and opportunities presented the potential project. Its composition is basic to our management plan. Our technical strength and expertise has been structured into every level of the team organization, providing leadership to each stage of the process. The core leadership team of Perkins Eastman offers specialized expertise in the highest level of building design and state-of-the-art planning and design. Our team is headed by a Principal with extensive experience in the design of Science and Technology facilities. That Principal will work directly with the Client and all with be coordinated through our Project Manager, Design Principal and Laboratory Planner. Every member of the team brings a depth of experience and skill in the area of Science and Technology that directly relates to the project. Our team also brings an enthusiastic commitment to making our projects greener, healthier, and more economically self-sustaining.
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Planning for the Future: Understanding Innovations in Modern Laboratory Design
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n evolution in research techniques is resulting in rapid changes that are shaking up traditional science. Modern culture, technological advances, and scientific advances such as genotyping and cell therapy are some of the factors that are making our existing research environments outdated. Concurrent with this shift in work process is a move toward multidisciplinary collaborative research with the understanding that the cross pollination of ideas between drivers groups often leads to extraordinary results. These factors combined with increased competition for talented researchers and an infusion of research leaders from the younger generations has resulted in significant changes to the research environment. This complex mix of factors demands that we re-think our approach to scientific spaces and requires a synergy of all design goals and support elements. Several key issues highlight the evolution in the design of research environments and help institutions with Recruiting, Retention, Functionality, and Results. Some of the challenges faced by owners include the continuous evolution of research and how it is conducted, requiring a more thoroughly considered approach to new construction or renovation projects that can adapt to new developments. Additionally, grant money is becoming more difficult to come by, thus inspiring clients to build functionally efficient facilities with shared amenities that will attract and retain the best researchers. Challenging engrained lab design assumptions combined with progressive design thinking can minimize waste and redundancy to get the most out of your construction or renovation dollars while creating recruitment facilities that stimulate research evolution, promote self-sustaining activities, and prepare for and support an uncertain future. The interweaving of the various technical, creative, financial, and cultural factors requires an adept design convergence that begins with a true understanding of the parts and how they can be connected into a greater whole.
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Key Issues and Design Concepts:
Open & Adaptable Laboratories • • • • • •
Modular planning and flexible casework make space easily reconfigurable Allows for the expansion and contraction of lab groups Increases potential for collaboration Reduced investment in renovation leaves more grant money for research Increased efficiency and productivity over cramped segregated spaces Mechanical and electrical systems designed to adapt to layout changes
* denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
It is now well established that moving away from small fixed laboratory units and creating open and changeable research environments is a smart move, but selecting flexible laboratory casework is only one part of a successful wet lab design. A properly designed layout will strategically incorporate inherently fixed elements such as sinks and fume hoods so that they will conveniently
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Office of the City Medical Examiner
Duke University: Graduate Medical School*
support daily activities yet not stand in the way of future adaptation. Planning large open bench laboratories will absorb the expansion and contraction of lab groups, and knowledge of beneficial laboratory modules will allow for alignment of the ceiling design, lighting and quick connect utility panel locations with optimal bench spacing. Thoughtfully placed adjustable
height work tables provide common equipment bench space or post-doc work stations depending on need, and can also be moved to make space for a new large equipment setup or other such unplanned need. This flexible planning will maximize researcher capacity and accommodate work flow and equipment changes, or even new space divisions, with minimal disruption
NY Psychiatric Institute Lab Fit-Out
to lab operations. Sharing of resources becomes more convenient, common responsibilities become a unified effort, and collaboration will be a natural occurrence.
“This flexible planning will maximize researcher capacity and accommodate work flow and equipment changes�
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Open & Adaptable Laboratories CASEWORK OPTIONS FROM MANUFACTURERS
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Hamilton Fisher
* denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
Kewanee
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Portafab Modular Wall Systems
New York Blood Center
Brauer Hall*
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fifth floor: Mechanical Penthouse
fourth floor: Bench Research Laboratory
third floor: Bench Laboratory and Clinical Research
SUNY Stony Brook: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics second floor: Clinical Research
first floor: Education/ Community Outreach
basement level: Parking & Research Support
SUNY Stony Brook: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Collaboration and Translational Research • • • • • •
Inspire new ideas Efficiency (reduced redundancy) Interdisciplinary interactions Many discoveries occur between disciplines Hubs of Discovery increasing collaboration Proximity enhances productivity
Recognizing that social interaction between researchers often leads to scientific discussion, and the unplanned meeting of the minds often becomes a fortuitous intellectual collision, the design will need
to provide for both subtle and conventional opportunities for collaboration. Visually connected circulation pathways and small seating alcoves in coincidental zones will enable chance encounters; coffee
GLOBAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS COMBINED WITH BENEFITS OF CO-LOCATED GROUPS It has been shown that: Large teams- working across geography improve results
Winthrop University Hospital
45% increase in citations when researchers are together in one building
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Office of the City Medical Examiner
Boehringer-Ingleheim
BBC Worldwide Americas
pantries and a lunch room will evoke casual conversation; and a communal presentation/education area will inspire the sharing of ideas. Translational research can leverage technology which allows us virtual collaborations between partners across the country or across the world, but
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it is architecture that can provide the opportunity for unscripted personal interactions. In an environment dedicated to research and education, bringing together prominent thinkers from diverse fields of study enables chance encounters, cultivates new ideas, and increases the potential for breakthroughs. An informed design inspires this interdisciplinary collaboration,
supports fluid thinking and quickly adapts to the evolution of research by leveraging advances in technology, architecture, and building support systems. Achieving this synergy of complex elements requires a knowledgeable design team working closely with a committed owner to unite competing interests and balance an intricate interplay of program elements.
CO-LOCATION: IMPACT ON DISCOVERIES & TREATMENT
Q “Does physical proximity of collaborators measurably improve scientific results & clinical care?” A “Despite the positive impact of emerging communication technologies on scientific research, our results provide evidence for the role of physical proximity as a predicator of the impact of collaborations” – Joint Harvard Medical School-Children’s Hospital & MIT study conclusion
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Collaboration and Translational Research
“Unplanned meeting of the minds often becomes a fortuitous intellectual collision” Duke French Science Center* * denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
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“Biological, physical and information sciences have converged …This demands that we break down barriers among disciplines…to challenge ourselves to find even more innovative and effective ways of doing biomedical research and converting that into cures.” - Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Director
Vertical Center of Excellence with Campus Connections
Improved Results Through Team-Based Research • • • • • • •
Customized Medicine Progressive Medical Research Leader Multi-discipline Approach to Patient Care Supporting the Doctor/Researcher Interdisciplinary Collaboration / Translational Research Maximum Space Assignment Flexibility Abundant Natural Light
Many of our recent projects are dedicated to fulfilling the demand for customized medicine and patient centered research, creating laboratories that are directly connected to patient services. Some examples include cellular and gene therapy,
biomedical engineering, clinical trials based research, tribology for joint replacements, and translational research initiatives. Many doctors are involved in research as a means to better serve their patients, and much of today’s research is resulting in
“...research as a means to better serve their patients, and much of today’s research is resulting in more patient specific solutions.”
more patient specific solutions. Medical institutions are capitalizing on these trends and building research programs that enable collaborative interaction.
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Co-location of Cancer Care and Cancer Research – Transparency and Hope
Designed for Improved Results
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Science classroom
Simulated hospital and imaging center with research above
Interdisciplinary Teams Combined with Benefits of Co-located Groups It has been shown that: • Large teams- working across geography improve results • 45% increase in citations when researchers are together in one building Other developments in Translational Medicine include: • Production of Knowledge is concentrating in fewer centers of high impact • Top “Hubs of Discovery” increasingly collaborate with other top centers • Proximity enhances Productivity
“Does physical proximity of collaborators measurably improve scientific results & clinical care?” “Despite the positive impact of emerging communication technologies on scientific research, our results provide evidence for the role of physical proximity as a predicator of the impact of collaborations” - JOINT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLCHILDREN’S HOSPITAL & MIT STUDY CONCLUSION
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Integrated functions around a collaborative center
“Vertical Campus”
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Extremely efficient with Spacious Impact and Central Atrium Maximizing Collaboration
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SPACE ALLOCATION HISTORY circa 1970
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Proportional Program Space Distribution • • • • •
Increase in need for dry lab Creating shared core facilities Greater need for specialized support functions Education and collaboration space Adjacencies and interactions
As important as wet bench laboratory spaces are to a research facility they are no longer independently viable. The functional space distribution in science facilities has been gradually shifting as equipment and processes become more efficient and as space demands grow for specialty functions
and dry-lab space in addition to wet labs. The research environment has become a more complex organism dependent on the interaction between various equally important functions. Considerations for mechanical and electrical systems along with education and collaboration space will also weigh into
* denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
“The research environment has become a more complex organism dependent on the interaction between various equally important functions.” the net to gross factors. Understanding this programmatic interrelationship in context with technological and cultural shifts will be the key to identifying the right space program for each project.
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Social Evolution and Generational Interactions • • • • • • • • •
The current workforce includes four generations that think and work differently Requires rethinking administrative structures Reimagined work environments Dissolving territorial boundaries Blending of disciplines Aligned incentives Increased call for career education and support Optimal work/study preferences: Closed door – Library – Coffee Shop An infusion of new media and communication tools
For those of us in the older generations the world is changing fast. For the younger generations it’s not fast enough. There is a clear divergence in the thought process and in the preferred work environment between the four generations currently in
the workforce. This becomes significant to the long range planning and recruitment strategy of a new facility. Among other things, Millennials are projected to overtake Baby Boomers as the largest segment of the work force by 2015, and
will continue to be the most prominent group for the foreseeable future. They along with Generation X hold to a more informal, collaborative, and inclusive work philosophy, along with a strong sense of entitlement, while Traditionalist and Boomers tend to be structured, formal, workaholics. Through innovation many successful work environments have found a balance. The design of a new research facility must embrace the current social, cultural and technological evolution and address the issues that are illuminated by the daily interaction of diverse personalities and capitalize on the potential.
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“Through innovation many successful work environments have found a balance..”
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SUNY Stony Brook
University of Arkansas: Reynolds Center on Aging
Brauer Hall*
Transparency & Visibility • • • •
Showcasing science in action Engage visitors, undergrads, benefactors, and colleagues in the research Enhances interactions between researchers and fosters creativity Increases distribution of natural light and enhances work environment
The dissolving of physical barriers can inspire the evolution of the workplace mentality. Visual connectivity along with the passage of light tends to increase the perceived scale of a space and generate a
stronger link to the life of the building. This helps promote a sense of community and a busy exchange of ideas. Occupants and visitors will be treated to inspired diversions and creative interactions. Diverse groups
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“Occupants and visitors will be treated to inspired diversions and creative interactions”
will be encouraged to share ideas and develop new collaborations. Add to this the infusion of natural light, and the thoughtful use of transparency in strategic locations can be transformative and engaging.
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Energy & Process Efficiency • • • • • •
Energy use reductions Recruitment tool Efficient and Adaptable Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing systems Ease of maintenance Shared equipment and core facilities Comfortable work environment
Laboratory buildings are notorious energy hogs, and not often thought of as “Green,” but this does not have to be the case. A wellthought out approach to both active and passive sustainable strategies will go a long way, but careful attention to the mechanical and electrical systems, in harmony with the
overall building design, will both control the energy consumption and increase the facility’s ability to cope with change. Appropriate material selection will improve the indoor environment, and flexible laboratory casework systems in an adaptable layout will reduce future renovation waste. A smaller built
“A well-thought out approach to both active and passive sustainable strategies will go a long way” footprint can be achieved by encouraging the sharing of resources, whether they are core facilities, expensive equipment, break areas, or classroom and conference space, resulting in increased program efficiency, and greater interaction between different groups.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math STEM /STEAM Over the last 10 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) & STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) programs in educational institutions. This trend has been the result of an increase in the need for professionals trained
in these fields, the retirement of a number of science and engineering professionals, and the rapid increase in art, science and technology vocations, products, and industries worldwide. STEM/STEAM programs specializing in integrated teaching and learning environments have proven to be effective
methods for introducing students into these disciplines early in their educational development. The programs are characterized as experiential, hands-on, and project-based. These programs provide students with practical training through disciplined academics, establishing a platform for further study and important career pathways.
Contrary to traditional education models, STEM learning flourishes in a highly adaptive, connective layout with adequate support, resource, and display capabilities.
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Beginning the Design Process for STEM/STEAM Several opportunities and considerations should be identified at the start of programmatic expansion with a STEM or STEAM focus. Both emphasize transdisciplinary work, leaning toward a real-world approach where more and more jobs require study and expertise in a discipline that draws from several subject areas at once. The right area to allow for this cross-pollination and merging of ideas is a highly collaborative and flexible program space. Contrary to traditional education models, STEM learning flourishes
in a highly adaptive, connective layout with adequate support, resource, and display capabilities. Providing connection to the outside heightens the functionality of the space and allows for ease of material delivery, and for larger projects to be transported in and out of the creation space. Allocated area/student work space may be higher than a traditional classroom or conventional science lab, but the nature of the STEM/STEAM learning space is inherently adaptive and supports a multitude of learning tracks. Access to power and
other utilities as well as material and project storage enhances the usability of the space by several teaching sections at once. Defining ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ work and support space is operationally recommended to preserve equipment and to establish a controlled and well-managed backdrop for creativity.
“The right area to allow for this cross-pollination and merging of ideas is a highly collaborative and flexible program space.”
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Developing Designs for STEM/STEAM Colleges and universities must strive to provide top-quality environments as the primary settings for science learning and research so that the next generation students excel and the institutions lead the way in achieving ambitious objectives. The successful design for STEM and STEAM programs requires a deep understanding of how facilities can accomplish these objectives through outstanding and realizable architecture. Practices and technologies have undergone revolutionary changes in nearly every category including equipment, media, work/learn processes, and the associated teaching pedagogies.
Well-designed environments, in which we teach, learn and research, need to be places that support and inspire broader educational objectives. New STEM and STEAM facilities must create opportunities for the integration of lab and classroom environments while providing settings for students to build applied skills and knowledge through engaged learning, research and inter-disciplinary explorations. The design approach for these facilities needs to be an integrated team effort between designers and the institutions. The design process should be driven by mission and expertise with a collaborative spirit
equal to the rich interdisciplinary learning and research centers that are required for next generation science, technology, engineering, art and math. New education and research environments should enhance each student’s academic experience and provide unique learning environments that reflect the institution’s philosophy and a learning signature consistent with a new millennium.
“...facilities must create opportunities for the integration of lab and classroom environments....”
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Stony Brook University: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Stony Brook, New York
Perkins Eastman was selected by Stony Brook University, and benefactor Jim Simons, to plan and design a 34,000 sf world-class mathematics research and physical sciences facility located on its main campus. With a strong vision to propel mathematics and physics at Stony Brook into the international arena, the overall building and its programs were not compared to that of a typical academic facility. Instead, the design took cues from prominent research institutions and innovative companies that share similar functions in interdisciplinary thinking, collaboration and research. The new facility, in concept and function, represents the convergence of ideas between geometry and physics, which have greatly developed in recent years. Its main goals are to create a dynamic environment for interaction, academic study, and collaboration among the two schools of thought.
University of Arkansas: Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging Little Rock, Arkansas
The Reynolds Center on Aging is an interdisciplinary clinical and research center for gerontology medicine, science, and education. Intended to accelerate and disseminate patient-oriented research, the Center on Aging will pioneer integrated therapeutics in the care of the aging. The Center was conceived as the first functioning model for translational geriatric medicine, in which the powerful new tools of genomic and structural biology are directly applied to patient outcomes in the clinic setting, and at the bedside. Within this single new building, the Medical Center provides a gerontology primary care and physical rehabilitation clinic; two floors of clinical and basic research laboratories; and a library, classrooms, and lecture hall, all equipped for video imaging and distance learning.
New York City College of Technology: Academic Building for Allied Health Brooklyn, New York
Perkins Eastman was commissioned to design a new 365,000 sf academic complex in Downtown Brooklyn that significantly alters the face of City Tech, creating a new campus gateway along Jay Street and enhancing the surrounding urban context. The new campus center predominantly serves the College’s allied health programs in radiology, dental hygiene, nursing, biological sciences, bio research, and chemistry. The new facility houses academic classrooms and laboratories, student life/recreation areas, support spaces to support their allied health and science curriculum, a 1000-seat auditorium, an 800-seat spectator gymnasium, and a CUNY Express student outreach area.
Winthrop University Hospital: New Research Building Mineola, New York
This new translational research building will serve as a gateway into the village of Mineola, NY, and will be a community focal point and a key organizer of the bustling periphery of the Winthrop University Hospital campus. It will be a five story 95,000 SF building, including mechanical penthouse and below grade parking. The open, flexible laboratories are connected to the clinical research and patient care environments through communal spaces designed to promote chance encounters and intellectual interactions. The large open circulation stair, infused with small conversation zones, connects the ground floor education and community outreach functions with the upper floors while visibly promoting the interactive and health oriented mission of this translational environment.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Richard Stockton College: Unified Science Center 2 Galloway, New Jersey
The proposed concept design for Richard Stockton College’s second Unified Science Center will provide an additional 50,000 sf of space for science instruction and collaboration space across three floors. The new facility will continue to shape the vision of creating a new quad for the College that harmoniously integrates the new Campus Center and the first Unified Sciences Building with a major new entry. The building will also feature large expanses of windows that provide extensive natural light, as well as areas for formal and informal learning.
Rutgers University: School of Nursing & Science Building Camden, New Jersey
Perkins Eastman has been selected to be the design architect for a new, 95,000 SF School for Nursing and Science in downtown Camden NJ. The site is located in a prominent urban location across from City Hall and will be a figurative and literal link between Rutgers’ Camden campus on the northwest side of downtown, and Cooper Medical Center to the southeast. The facility will include a variety of academic teaching space, simulation labs, research space, and offices, as well as public and community resources on the first floor. A series of interconnected interior and exterior terraces cascades up through the building encouraging collaboration among students and creating a meaningful sense of community for the nursing school.
Rutgers University: Biomedical & Health Sciences Inter-professional Education Building Feasibility Study Newark, New Jersey
With new senior leadership at the school, the integration of UMDNJ, and a shifting urban context, Rutgers is looking to consolidate four schools – Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, The School of Health Related Professions, School and College of Nursing, School of Public Health and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences – into one location in Newark to promote inter-professional education and practice by sharing space and classes as appropriate. The mission of this study is to take advantage of the synergies between the university’s allied health, nursing, public health and basic science educational programs and combine these disciplines into a single environment that mirrors current and future healthcare delivery.
George Mason University: College of Health and Human Services Fairfax, Virginia
Perkins Eastman was commissioned by George Mason University to develop a space program, preliminary cost estimate, conceptual design, site plan, and renderings for their proposed College of Health and Human Services (Academic VII/Research III). The 160,000 gsf building includes general university classrooms, medical simulation suites, department offices, research labs, student services, teaching/demonstration kitchens and clinical practice spaces. The University intends for the facility to be a flagship for its campus in terms of sustainability, student accommodation, progressive office planning, and visual design. Located in the North Sector of the Fairfax Campus, this is the first building to implement the team’s North Sector Plan, developed with the University with the ultimate goal of developing a strongly defined campus entrance, friendly-pedestrian pathways, and future building expansion.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Bowling Green State University: Mosley Hall Bowling Green, Ohio
As Executive Architect for Phase 1 of the Master Plan Implementation, Perkins Eastman is responsible for planning, programming and concept design for the largest campus upgrade in the University’s history. The renovation of Moseley Hall focuses on the transition from a general classroom building into a next-generation science teaching laboratory. Moseley Hall is one of the first original buildings on Bowling Green’s campus and its central location creates the ideal opportunity for a strategic capital investment and growth of the university’s STEM program. This 43,000 sf building will undergo a complete interior renovation to house a new Marine Biology lab and experimentation area, general Biology labs, Anatomy and Physiology classrooms, and a large connected Chemistry learning laboratory. Each of these new STEM spaces is supplemented by dedicated collaboration zones to encourage informal learning and faculty -student interaction outside of the classroom environment.
Dutchess Community College: Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art Poughkeepsie, New York
The Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art represents the first phase of a comprehensive master plan Perkins Eastman developed for the Dutchess Community College. The 80,000 sf Washington Center houses the college’s programs in arts, sciences, mathematics, and general classroom space. The new science laboratories and mathematics program on the third and fourth floors are equipped with the latest technology, including twenty-four Smart Classrooms featuring PCs, data projectors, sound systems, microphones, and visualizers.
Stevens Institute of Technology: Carnegie Engineering Building Hoboken, New Jersey
The Stevens Institute of Technology’s Carnegie Engineering Building was built in 1902. EE&K, a Perkins Eastman Company, designed the renovation and adaptive reuse of Carnegie Laboratory as a paperless factory, robotics laboratory, and teaching facility. The functions of the Laboratory are divided into three parts each with their own floor. Major manufacturing and robotic equipment is on the ground floor; the design development and computer rooms are on the second floor; and classrooms emphasizing computer and video presentation are on the third floor. These floors are all linked by a network that allows production to be directed in real-time by the computers above the laboratory, and that permits students to view that production from their classrooms on the third floor.
Carnegie Mellon University: Mellon Institute Labs Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wean Hall Physics Lab Renovation: Fast-track renovation of two existing 900 sf physics lab spaces. Including construction of new lab partitions; lab casework and hoods; floor and ceiling finishes; and installation of new mechanical; electrical; and plumbing systems. Mitchell Lab Renovation: 2,600 sf renovation and expansion of an existing laboratory space; result and in support of arrival of new researcher recruited from Columbia University. Zappe Lab Renovation: A 460 sf renovation of several existing areas in Mellon Institute to support office uses, as well as specialized research environments in biotechnology requiring containment of Biosafety Level No. 2 (BSL2). Nanotechnology Facility Study: Programming study for proposed new 30,000 to 50,000 sf facilities to provide the necessary space to consolidate, under one roof, the wet labs, dry labs, clean rooms and ancillary space needed to house this advanced technology venture.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Hospital for Special Surgery: S Building, Research Labs New York, New York
Perkins Eastman is working with the Hospital of Special Surgery to renovate five floors of laboratory and support space in the “S” Building. HSS is relocating their existing laboratory space from their Caspary Building and leasing their new space in the “S” Building from Weill Cornell Medical College. The renovation includes wet labs, support spaces and a vivarium.
Danbury Hospital Research Institute Danbury, Connecticut
Perkins Eastman was retained by Danbury Hospital to develop a new 20,000 sf Research and Development Laboratory focusing on Cancer, Cardiology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology Research. The new facility houses state-of-the-art open laboratories, as well as dedicated Cell Culture, Tissue Culture and a Molecular Biology laboratory and DNA and RNA lab rooms. This facility has two state-of-the-art conference rooms for teaching, video conferencing and full administrative and support offices. The facility also has a Lyme Disease Research Facility for their continued research on the disease. The modular, flexible laboratory casework design contributed to the ultimate goal of converting the facilities to an off-site clinical testing laboratory.
Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Research Laboratories New York, New York
Department of Medicine: Division of Immunology: For over fifteen years, Perkins Eastman has assisted the Cornell Weill Medical College in providing research facilities for its faculty of scientists and physicians. These suites, serving the Children’s Blood Foundation and the Division of Immunology, comprise about 15,000 sf of newly renovated laboratories, laboratory support functions, faculty offices, fellows’ study centers, and conferencing. Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory: Perkins Eastman designed an 11,000 sf molecular cardiology research laboratory for the College. The full architectural and interior design services for the renovation were delivered in-house, saving the client money and helping the project to meet completion deadlines.
New York University: School of Medicine New York, New York
Perkins Eastman renovated 11,600 sf of the fourth floor of Tisch Hospital for the New York University School of Medicine. This followed a smaller, 2,100 sf renovation for the Anesthesiology Department on the same floor. The renovated spaces include three fully functioning wet labs and all necessary support spaces, such as equipment room, tissue culture and microscopy labs, darkroom, computer lab, quiet room, etc., as well as offices, a pantry and conference room. The corridor received a face-lift and a full HVAC upgrade, which allows for the necessary air-change rates for the labs to function as updated and modernized research facilities. The largest portion of the new renovation will support a prolific research physician newly recruited into the Department of Medicine. The remainder of the space is for assignment to new recruits.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: DNA Forensics Biology Laboratory New York, New York
In a collaborative effort with LSGS Healthcare Planning serving as the laboratory planners, Perkins Eastman designed the new 322,000 sf state-of-the-art DNA facility. The facility houses numerous forensic laboratories of various complexities including a casework analysis lab to identify perpetrators; an exemplar lab to process people known to be at the crime scene and to process paternity samples; a high-sensitivity lab for property crimes; an in-situ lab for ascertaining if genetic defects causing death have been transmitted within a family; and a mitochondrial lab for body identification and missing persons cases. The facility also houses a scanning electron microscope, bio-chemistry and immuno/histo chemistry labs, quality control/quality assurance labs, training labs, and research and development labs.
Alexandria Center for Science and Technology at East River Science Park New York, New York
Prior to merging with Perkins Eastman, EE&K provided a design for the East River Science Park that made a significant contribution toward ensuring New York City’s role in the future of biomedical research. Located between Bellevue Hospital and NYU School of Medicine, the new 6.7-acre campus accommodates 1.5 million sf of state-of-the art research laboratories. The plan is focused on a new campus commons that provides addresses for three new lab buildings and follows the East Side’s tradition of great open spaces. This project was designed to be developed in three phases. The first phase included a new 14-story stateof-the-art lab building housing incubator space for newly established and start-up biotech companies, as well as the adaptive reuse of the historic Psychiatric Building into housing, a child care center, clinical research, practice and conference facilities.
Memorial Sloan Kettering & CUNY Hunter College: Science and Health Professions Building New York, New York
The new Memorial Sloan Kettering & CUNY Hunter College: Science and Health Professions Building, currently in design, will feature a “Rapid Response Laboratory.” As part of MSKCC’s Clinical Support Program, the Rapid Response Laboratory will essentially serve as a “STAT” lab for quick turn-around clinical testing, as well as the staging and shipping of patient specimens for routine testing at the main hospital campus. The facility will also include a Blood Bank Depot & Cell Product Depot for the receipt, staging and internal distribution of blood & cell product for patient infusion. Planned as an open contiguous laboratory using a standardized lab bench module for both open lab & support areas, the design minimizes extraneous circulation and yields optimal usable testing bench and equipment space.
New York Psychiatric Institute New York, New York
Building #4: Conversion of 4th Floor to a Wet Lab and 8th Floor to an Animal Lab: Perkins Eastman was retained to assist NYSPI with the submittal for NIH Grants in 2010. The grants scope of work included the schematic design for the conversion of the 4th and 8th floors in Bldg #4 (total 22,000 SF) and part of the 5th floor in Bldg #5 (11,200 SF) to spaces supporting advanced research initiatives. Building #5: 4th Floor Laboratory Fit-Out of Shell Space : This project involved the fit-out of the existing shell space on the north-east side of the 4th floor of the Building #5 to house a Genetics Laboratory facility. Includes open lab designed as model configuration for future NYPI similar spaces. The space accommodates Tissue Culture; Microscopy; Stem Cell; Genotype Core; Freezer Room; Fume Hood Room; Administrator’s Office; Conference Room with Pantry.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Rangos Laboratory Renovation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Perkins Eastman worked with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to consolidate and relocate central clinical laboratories to a vacant nine-story research building on their Pittsburgh campus. The 133,000 sf building will house automated testing along with related testing and diagnostic laboratories including: molecular diagnostics, virology/serology, microbiology, histology, special chemistry and molecular anatomic pathology. To effectively link the new clinical laboratories to the main hospital campus and Magee-Womens Hospital, the project will include the extension and modernization of the hospital’s pneumatic tube system.
New York Blood Center: Blood Processing Facility Long Island City, New York
For more than 40 years, New York Blood Center has provided the community with leadingedge research, technological and medical care innovation, and education in the field of transfusion medicine. They identified the need to expand their blood processing capabilities with a new state-of-the-art Blood Processing and Research Facility. They chose an undistinguished beer warehouse in Long Island City to convert into a 75,000 sf, state-of-theart blood processing facility and research lab. NYBC needed a facility that would support a variety of highly complex functions—including blood production, research and support labs, conference and education programs, and product storage and logistics—and they wanted the building to clearly announce the Blood Center’s presence as a vital resource in the region.
Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital: Laboratories Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital is a 55,000 sm (592,000 sf), 248-bed medical facility that reflects the unique healthcare requirements in the United Arab Emirates. The major specialty program elements comprise oncology, cardiology, a trauma center, and emergency department. The six-story structure incorporates the latest international design and medical planning solutions, and accommodates the unique terrain, culture, customs, and history specific to the region.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Brooklyn, New York
Perkins Eastman provided programming and design services for the primary research laboratories for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). This new 35,000 sf laboratory facility is situated within an existing 486,000 sf building—a historically registered former army depot by architect Cass Gilbert which is being converted for research use— located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. The labs consist of BSL 2 and BSL 3 labs and associated support and equipment spaces. The BSL 3 lab is a suite of five interconnected rooms including a vector lab, a virology lab, sterilizer, and controlled entry and exit. Air is filtered through HEPA filters mounted above. BSL 2 labs include biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, immunology, isotope lab, microscopy, tissue culture, and auto sequencing. The IAVI laboratories’ presence in Brooklyn is one of the City’s attempts to create a presence in the biotech industry and attract more bioscience companies to the New York area.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Longwood Medical Area District Planning Study Boston, Massachusetts
MASCO is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing Boston’s Longwood Medical and Academic area (LMA) for the benefit of the 24 Academic, Medical and Cultural institutions that comprise its membership. PE has been engaged by MASCO to study ways to develop the public realm within the district and improve connectivity between its institutions.
Johns Hopkins University: Belward Research Campus Montgomery County, Maryland
Concept plan for the future of the Johns Hopkins Belward Research Campus and surrounding greater Shady Grove Life Science Center as part of the Vision 2030 for the Shady Grove Sector. The planning and urban design process resulted in a conceptual plan that offers a new vision for the development of state-of-the-art applied research in a thriving, mixeduse community. The new vision for the community addresses land use; transit-oriented development opportunities; parks and open spaces; traffic and transportation; and issues of livability and mixed-use development. The team’s goal for the Johns Hopkins Belward Research Campus was a visionary planning process, shaped by collaboration among the project team, Montgomery County, and other key stakeholders such as the local suburban community and agencies; institutions such as Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Johns Hopkins University’s Montgomery County campus, and Adventist Health Care; and Biotech industries.
Duke University Medical Center: Master Plan Durham, North Carolina
With the goal of developing facility improvements to further support a patient and family friendly focus at the hospital Duke University Hospital retained Perkins Eastman for two key assignments: preparation of a facilities master plan and expansion of the Emergency Department. The master plan addressed the entire medical campus, from the pre-war complex known as the South Campus to the 1970s buildings that are almost a half-mile away. These buildings house inpatients and major ancillary functions. Additionally, the clinics, parking garages, and ambulatory surgery facility were all considered as part of the plan. In addition to the review of existing and projected medical functions and programs, the master plan responded to urban design issues, wayfinding, pedestrian linkages, and the creation of a central unifying green belt.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Stem Cell Research Institute Conceptual Design & NIH Grant Application Bronx, New York
EE&K, prior to merging with Perkins Eastman, assisted Einstein a preparing a grant application to the National Institutes of Health via the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to consolidate and expand Einstein’s Stem Cell research laboratories. This has resulted in a successful $10 million grant award in funds made available by the Obama administration stimulus program. The SCRI is supported by research funds from the NIH and the New York State Stem Cell Research program. The project reorganizes the SCRI around four areas of research: 1) Stem Cell Biology, 2) Stem Cell Genetics, 3) Cancer Stem Cells, and 4) Translational Stem Cell Research.
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Relevant Science and Technology Experience Technology/Business/Healthcare/Education Complex at Jahra Governorate Al Jahra, Kuwait
Perkins Eastman has provided conceptual design services for a new Technology, Business, Healthcare and Education Complex Project at Jahra Governorate. Our approach for the new PAAET campus is the synthesis of three different perspectives: People, Purpose and Place. Through these three perspectives, we will plan, program and design an educational campus for approximately 12,000 students in a new college to the west of Kuwait City. We will examine the interrelationships of the four specialties and how the preliminary space program identifies both commonalities and unique requirements among these four disciplines.
University Innovation Park Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Perkins Eastman, in association with IDEA Partnerships, developed a master plan to rejuvenate a 90-acre school research park adjacent to the University of Calgary. Envisioned as an entrepreneurial, interactive, knowledge-based community of researchers, the central and defining concept of the campus is innovation. Primarily, this innovation is applied research leading to commercialization across many industries, including energy and environmental technology, information communications technology, and health and life sciences. While the park was primarily intended to be an incubator where new technologies are developed for commercial applications, it was also intended as a place to work, learn, and potentially live. As a result, the team outlined a sustainable approach to serve financial, environmental, and social criteria within the decision-making framework.
Xiangya Health Valley: Research & Development Xiangya, China
The Xiangya Health Valley is sited in Changsha’s new development zone, providing the area with ample natural resources and scenic opportunities. Access to the site comes from a major municipal road which bisects the site in the north south direction. A high voltage line intersects the site in the east west direction. The combination of these two elements divides the site into four basic quadrants which are connected by a town center zone placed adjacent to a water feature, and which possesses the iconic hotel building which acts as an anchor for all surrounding areas. Located at the northern edge of the site and serving as the first point of focus for visitors, the research and development zone consists of three major portions: research labs and offices, conference center/health services management, and the multinational corporation future expansion zone.
Taif Technology Park
Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Perkins Eastman is providing master planning services for the KACST New Taif Technology Park in Taif, KSA. The Technology Park will be a regional hub of knowledge and innovation, and will foster the development of a range of key technologies, critical to the growth of the Makkah region, and integral to the national agenda of developing a knowledge-based network and industry throughout the country. The new city will include various science and technology related components, residential, mixed-use, airport, railway, dry docks, etc. with a strong focus on sustainability.
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Previous Experience of Perkins Eastman Team Members Duke University/National University of Singapore: Graduate Medical School* Singapore
At the Duke/NUS Graduate Medical School, the six floors of research space were developed in advance of the designation of principal investigators and a detailed understanding of what types of research these PI’s would pursue. To accommodate this, the design adopted an open lab approach with a standardized module which was fully flexible and reconfigurable depending on the use. Standardized alcoves were created which permitted the future installation of varied instrumentation and tissue culture equipment depending on the needs of the researcher community on the campus. To help unify the research buildings, the project includes significant landscape and utility improvements as well as selected renovations in the existing facilities. Team: Steven Gifford, Jamie Butterfield, Steven Fishwick
National University of Singapore: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine* Singapore
The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine project combines reconstruction of medical school academic areas, creation of a School of Nursing program, new state of-the-art interdisciplinary laboratory research space and a multi-species vivarium designed to international standards. The first step in a multi phase development of the 40-year-old National University of Singapore campus, the project composes buildings and spaces into a coherent urban design. Central to the scheme is the Village Green, which provides a new front door to the Medical School and the first of a series of sheltered open spaces which will stretch more than one kilometer across the hillside campus. Team: Steven Gifford and Steven Fishwick
Duke University Medical Center: Snyderman Genome Sciences Research Building* Durham, North Carolina
Steven Gifford acted as Principal-in-Charge for this project prior to joining Perkins Eastman. Inside the Center for Human Genetics, where the human genome is being unraveled, futuristic laboratories provide the best accommodations, work spaces, and daylight control for the scientists dedicating their time to genetic discovery. The building is an essential component of a plan for a developing area of Duke’s medical research campus. In a unique interplay of Duke University’s three prevalent building materials—stone, brick, and precast concrete—the exterior of this sophisticated laboratory speaks simultaneously to the university’s history of Gothic and modern architecture across the campus. Team: Steven Gifford
Duke University Medical Center: Medical Science Research Building 2* Durham, North Carolina
Steven Gifford acted as Principal-in-Charge for this project prior to joining Perkins Eastman. Duke University selected Hillier for the design of and master planning study to establish the best location for the Medical Science Research Building 2. The five-story building includes office, meeting, and public use space on the first-floor, research laboratories on the upper three floors, and a vivarium in the basement. Hillier’s concept maximizes flexibility, maintains open laboratories with equipment alcoves, clusters faculty offices, and creates central interaction spaces for faculty and other researchers to gather for the interchange of ideas. Team: Steven Gifford
* denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
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Previous Experience of Perkins Eastman Team Members Duke University Medical Center: French Family Science Center* Durham, North Carolina
Design of a new multidisciplinary science facility, known as the French Family Science Center, for Duke University. The new building includes 2,500 square meters of teaching and research space for the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments and state-of-theart research and collections greenhouses. The new building will connect with the existing Biology and Physics buildings to strengthen the research community on the campus. To help unify the research buildings, the project includes significant landscape and utility improvements as well as selected renovations in the existing facilities. Team: Steven Gifford and Jamie Butterfield
Washington University School of Engineering: Master Plan* St. Louis, Missouri
Master plan for the 480,000 sf academic research quadrangle at Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth Campus is based on the University’s original campus planning strategies and an appreciation for the integrity of its historic collegiate Gothic buildings. The Engineering quadrangle site is located on the prominent northeast corner of campus, one of the last undeveloped sites on the school grounds. It faces two major boulevards as well as the ceremonial entrance to the university. The site also engages a public transit stop, a major student approach to the campus. The firm’s design extends the scale and rhythm of the existing interconnected courtyards all the way to the site, creating a new pedestrian entrance to the university. Team: Steven Gifford, Jamie Butterfield, Steven Fishwick
Washington University School of Engineering* St. Louis, Missouri
Brauer Hall: At Washington University, Brauer Hall was designed to meet the needs of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering. Focusing on research and team-based education in environmental engineering science, energy systems and chemical engineering the facility features 12 research laboratories, a Distance Learning tiered classroom, Teaching Labs, and the Department Chair’s Office. Green Hall: Preston M. Green Hall, the second phase implemented in the Master Plan, is an 84,000 sf academic research building for the department of Electrical and Systems Engineering. Designed and built in only 16 months and at the cost of $24 million, the building houses dry-lab research space, faculty and departmental offices and classrooms, including a 60 seat tiered teaching space. Team: Steven Gifford, Jamie Butterfield, Steven Fishwick
ExxonMobil Research Engineering* Paulsboro, New Jersey
Master Plan & Building Program: The objectives of this master plan were to expand research capability by upgrading existing buildings, improve thermal efficiency and, by integrating the design of renovated and new buildings, to create a unified aesthetic for ExxonMobil’s worldwide R&D center. High Bay Process Laboratory: This project involved the renovation and new addition to an existing circa 1930’s high bay pilot plant laboratory building. The project included replacement of the existing cement-asbestos skin with new insulated metal panel and a new two story addition containing a continuous control room “corridor” connecting the fully renovated high bay interior with new wet lab, computer and support spaces. Team: Jay Epstein * denotes work completed prior to joining Perkins Eastman
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Previous Experience of Perkins Eastman Team Members Georgia Institute of Technology * Atlanta, Georgia
Materials and Molecular Sciences and Engineering (MMSE) Building: Project Manager for programming of the 250,000 sf biomedical engineering complex which was the 4th phase of the Biomedical Engineering Complex. The complex includes three other buildings designed including the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) Building which was completed in 1999, the Environmental Science and Technology Building (ES&T) completed in 2002, and the Biomedical Engineering Building (BME), completed in 2003. Whitekar Research Building
Team: Rohit Saxena
Emory University* Atlanta, Georgia
Whitehead Biomedical Research Building (WBRB): 325,000 sf building that houses interdisciplinary laboratories and special facilities such as animal housing, tissue, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging equipment, and health & safety support facilities. The building supports Biosafety Level 2 and 3 research activities. Silver LEED rating. Psychology Building: Design of a new $32 million psychology building at Emory University 115,000 sf that consolidates Emory’s Psychology Department. Additional Projects: Emory Clinic Renovations (multiple projects); Central energy plant; Winship Cancer Center; School of Medicine Temporary Facilities; Emory Quadrangle renovations (4 separate projects); Woodruff library; Cox Dining Hall; Michael Street Parking Decks; Peavine Creek Parking Decks
Team: Rohit Saxena
Pacific Northwest National Labs* Richland, Washington
The Pacific Northwest National Lab-oratory (PNNL) design is for the new Physical Sciences Facility at its Richland, Washington campus. The research complex includes three laboratories housing important national and homeland security scientific capabilities, equipment, and staff. The project was funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security. The 200,000-squarefoot Physical Sciences Facility (PSF) includes 80,000 square feet of laboratories and houses approximately 300 staff. Scientists at this PNNL lab use state-of-the-art equipment to develop and apply techniques for nuclear forensics in support of national needs. The design is a series of functional layers separating the office, laboratories and service zones centered around a landscaped quad to facilitate inter-departmental communication. Team: Mark Searls
Connecticut Dept of Public Health* Rocky Hill, Connecticut
This Public Health building for the State of Connecticut, is a replacement building for their Hartford location. It is designed to provide a collaborative environment for the medical center, the department of public health, and the many other groups, creating a cohesive public health community. The laboratory provides a full array of testing in both environmental and occupational chemistry and evaluates procedures developed by the EPA, NIH, and the Environmental Re-search Institute. This state-of-the-art facility will be LEED Silver and be designed with the latest advances in energy conservation and efficiency. In addition, the building’s systems will be flexible enough to accommodate future changes in program. The design takes its cue from the wooded site and employs shading devices that reflect the northeast fall colors. Team: Mark Searls
Perkins Eastman believes that meaningful design is the result of a concerted, rigorous and collaborative process. Each project is a unique synthesis of client goals, project program and budget, building typology, context and natural environment. We believe that design excellence emerges from the harmonization of these constituent forces into a dynamic and meaningful form that enhances the lives of the users and the surrounding environment. As creative inspiration we have often drawn from the example set by Bell Labs research and manufacturing facility built in Murray Hill, NJ in 1941. Though building technology and design have come a long way, there are salient lessons to be drawn from the astounding successes of this facility orchestrated by Mervin Kelly so long ago. The core concept was physical proximity and the intentional integration of traditionally isolated groups. The culture made it possible to bring thinkers and doers together into one building and unite specialist in theory, research, and manufacturing onto dedicated teams. Mr. Kelly’s belief was that “an institution of creative technology needed a critical mass of talented people to foster a busy exchange of ideas”. A design process also needs to engage talented people with the right mentality to foster a busy exchange of ideas, with the goal of transforming new knowledge into new things. Perkins Eastman’s science and technology team has cultivated a dynamic design approach leveraging our proven ability to collaborate across practice areas and unite program diversity, inspired by one of our favorite quotes in reference to the value of ideas and the culture of transparency at Bell labs: “Traveling the halls length without encountering a number of acquaintances, problems, diversions and ideas was almost impossible. A physicist on his way to lunch in the cafeteria was like a magnet rolling past iron filings.”
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